Now accepting applications for Founder’s Day Prince and Princess Contest

Written by Janna Ross

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:00

Applications are now being accepted for the Founder’s Day Prince and Princess Contest. Children interested in participating in the pageant must be between the ages of 4 and 6 on the day of the pageant. The rules of the pageant as well as applications are available at City Hall or you can e-mail Heather Mick at e-mail listed below she will send you the application.

On Friday morning, May 6, at 5:46 a.m., a trooper from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg attempted to stop a silver Chevrolet Trailblazer for a traffic violation Northbound on Interstate 65 near the Four Mile Marker in Clark County. As the trooper attempted to stop the Trailblazer it fled. A pursuit ensued with the Trailblazer exiting onto State Road 265 Eastbound from Interstate 65.

Fall election should be interesting in Scottsburg; Mayor Graham renominated

Written by Marty Randall

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:00

The November 8 General Election should be interesting in Scottsburg, thanks to a roster of both Democrat and Republican candidates who have been nominated to run for offices. Mayor Bill Graham was readily renominated to keep the job he’s held since the 1980s, despite a good race by challenger Christopher Albertson. Graham captured 70% of the ballots cast on May 3 for a vote total of 297 to Albertson’s 30% or 130 votes. Other Republican candidates ran unopposed. Tim Hoard is now the Republican candidate for an At-Large seat on the City Council. Jim Fleenor will be running in Council District 2, and Bill Banta is the nominee for Council District 4.

The biggest race in the Democrat Primary Election in Austin this past Tuesday, May 3, was, of course, the battle between incumbent Douglas Campbell and challenger Brandon Glenn White. In this race, Mayor Campbell won by a wide margin of 65% to 35%, getting 640 votes to White’s 347. The result, however, has been decidedly muddied, since White supporters filed a complaint of voter fraud against the Mayor and a city worker, Terry Danner, late in the day on Monday, May 2. (See related story.) No one can forecast its conclusions or its effect on that race.

Drug-related arrests made in Austin after license plate found to be stolen

Written by Marty Randall

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:00

Two men and a woman were arrested on several drug-related charges in Austin after an alert police officer noted the license plate on their car had been reported stolen in Kentucky. Lt. Shawn Hurt saw a maroon Ford Taurus with Kentucky plates parked in a local business’s parking lot shortly after 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 24. According to information the officer had received from Scott dispatchers earlier in the week, the license plate matched one that had been reported stolen. He had also learned that a man and woman suspected of having the car were wanted on arrest warrants.